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The July 8 Edition

Former NSW premier Mike Baird’s great cricketing challenge | Living with anxiety | The desperate search for a much-loved dog | The wonderful world of fungi | The virtues of alcohol-free beer

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The July 8 Edition

Game on: How Mike Baird, Australia’s new cricket boss, is stepping up to the crease

The former NSW premier will need all his leadership skills to confront the sport’s challenges.

  • by Anne Hyland
“So many people have cheered her on; many of whom also pitched in to help cover her hefty vet bill.”

Strangers come out in force as Jinx the missing bitsa casts a spell

When a much-loved dog bolts, a community mobilises.

  • by Mic Looby

‘It lives in your guts’: how I cope with chronic anxiety

Nightmares, insomnia, stress … the vivid fears of childhood can last a lifetime.

  • by Stephanie Dowrick
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Merlin Sheldrake, who has become a kind of human ambassador for the fungal kingdom.

For this British biologist, there really is magic in those mushrooms

Merlin Sheldrake spreads the word about the miraculous fungal network – and why we’d be lost without it.

  • by Jennifer Kahn
Elinor Morrisby: “She’s got a wonderfully mad sense of humour and we laugh ourselves silly.”

It’s just not croquet: the muso and the Russian who bonded over cricket

How musician Elinor Morrisby and geochemist Sofia Tetroeva hit it off over a surprising shared passion.

  • by Jane Cadzow

The moment Richard Harris realised the Thai cave rescue might go wrong

The Australian anaesthetist and cave-diver tells why he believes in sensible risk-taking.

  • by Benjamin Law

Murder, she robed: what to wear when you need to shoot your rich husband

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • by Jill Dupleix, Barry Divola, Damien Woolnough, Amanda Hooton, Frances Mocnik and Lenny Ann Low

Why does no one reply when I send quirky links?

Unless it’s a Steve Buscemi cat, we’re all emailed out, writes our Modern Guru.

  • by Danny Katz

Cleaning action

Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: Strike!

  • by Paul Connolly
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Illustration: Simon Letch.

How is low- and no-alcohol beer made?

Dilution, distilling under a vacuum and reverse osmosis are common de-alcoholisation methods.

  • by Huon Hooke
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Good Weekend Quiz

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge.

Helen Goh’s Brazilian-inspired carrot cake.

Helen Goh’s Brazilian-style carrot cake with coconut and ginger

Pureed raw carrots give this Brazilian-inspired bake a texture somewhere between a pudding and a cake.

  • by Helen Goh
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s mushroom, comte and mascarpone galette.

Mushroom, comte and mascarpone galette

A free-form tart with the flakiest pastry filled with a classic combination of mushrooms, thyme and cheese.

  • by Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Grazia has struck a chord with Glen Iris locals.
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Grazia

‘Rammed from open to close’: Glen Iris locals are flocking to new Italian restaurant Grazia. Is it worth the hype?

It seems that the Melbourne suburb really, really wanted a modern Italian joint, with every single one of its 100 seats filling night after night.

  • by Besha Rodell
Go-to dish: Next Gen Chirashi set at Kame House.

Choose your own omakase adventure or play sushi snakes and ladders at suburban gem Kame House

Callan Boys discovers a high-concept, smart-casual Japanese diner among the cake shops of Sydney’s upper north-shore Gordon.

  • by Callan Boys
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Helen Goh’s mandarin and yoghurt cake with cardamom syrup.

‘Smart casual has become sloppy casual’: Good Weekend letters to the editor, July 8

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